Sanitary gasolene-can.



S. BRICKMAN.

SANITARY GASOLENE CAN.

APPLICATION FILED DECJO. 917.

1,290,502. Patented Jan. 7,1919.

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SAMUEL BRI CKMAN, OF OKLAHOMA, OKLAI-IOMA.

SANITARY .GASOLENE-CAN.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL BRIGKMAN, a proposed citizen of the United States, residing at Oklahoma, in the county of Oklahoma and State of Oklahoma, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sanitary Gasolene-Cans; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention has for one of its objects to provide a simple and inexpensive gasolene can which will strain the gasolene when the can is being either filled or emptied.

A further objectis to provide a can whose filling inlet is separate from its outlet, the

latter being provided with a check valve to I shipment.

prevent filling therethrough, whereas the former is sealed so that the can cannot be filled by unauthorized persons, it being intended that the purchaser of a can of gasolene shall make a deposit on the can to be refunded when such can is returned with its seal unbroken, the deposit to be otherwise forfeited.

With the foregoing objects in view, the invention resides in the novel construction hereinafter described and claimed and shown in the accompanying drawing wherein:

Figure 1 is a vertical section ofthe in1- proved can;

Fig. 2 is a horizontal section on the of the line 22 of Fig. 1, and

Fig. 3 is a top plan view showing the compact manner in which the cans may be placed in a wagon or the like. 7

The improved can 1 is preferably in the form of a right angle triangle, so that two of the cans will occupy a truly square space when carried in a wagon or if crated for I wish it understood however that this angular shape need not be followed if it should be found desirable to use any other suitable formation.

Formed in one corner of the can top 2 is an outlet opening 3 having a wire gauze screen A and equipped with a screw cap or the like 5. A filling opening 6 is formed in the bottom 7 of the can and is located in vertical alinement with the opening 3, said opening 6 having a screw cap 8 which is held against removal by any appropriate seal 9 to be broken by the gasolene merchant from which thecan is originally received.

plane Specification of Letters Patent.

' Application filed December 10, 1917. Serial No. 206,509.

Patented Jan. 7, 1919.

A short length of metal tubing 10 depends from the top 2 and is provided at its lower end with a valve seat 11 with which a ball or other suitable check valve 12 cooperates, said ball being located in the tubular casing 10. The upper end ofthis. casing may well project through the opening 3 and be threaded at 13 for! engagement with the cap 5. The check valve will obviously prevent filling of the can from the top, yet it will permit the contents to be emptied when required. This valve will also prevent the entrance of dust, grit and the like.

Extending from the lower end of the tube 10 to the bottom 7 of thecan and secured to both, is a tubular wire fabric screen 14:, the lower end of this screen surrounding the filling opening 6 as shown. By the provision of the screen 14, the gasolene will be strained or filtered when the can is being either filled or emptied and any sediment which may collect in the screen may be removed by unscrewing the twocaps 5-and 8 and forcing a blast of air upwardly through the device.

The merchant fills the can through the inlet 6, the cap 5 being then in place, and

immediately upon filling, cap 8 is applied,

makes a deposit upon the can, such deposit to be refunded when the can is returned with the seal unbroken. If this seal is broken, it is suiiicien't'proof that the merchants can has been used-illegitimately and the deposit will not therefore be refunded. The provision of the seal thus acts as an inducement to cause the customers to return to the same merchant for their gasolene.

From the foregoing, taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, it will be T obvious that although my invention is of extremely simple and inexpensive nature, it will be highly desirable and eflicient for the purposes intended. Since probably the best results are obtained from the several specific details shown and described, these details are by preference employed, but within the scope of the invention as claimed numerous minor changes may well be made.

I claim:

' A non-refillable can having in its top an outlet opening provided with a horizontal screen and surrounded by an upstanding collar, said can also having in its bottom a filling opening surrounded by a depending collar, screw caps threaded on said collars and adapted to be removed when filling and emptying the can, a seal for the lower cap to prevent rotation thereof, a relatively short imperforate tube joined at its upper end to said can top around said outlet opening and depending into and terminating in the can, said tube having a valve seat at its lower end, an upwardly opening ball valve in said tube, said valve being retained in said tube by said screen and resting on said seat to prevent refilling through said outlet opening, and a relatively long tubular screen in said can, said screen being joined at its upper end to said tube around said valve seat and joined at its lower end to the can bottom around said filling opening.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

SAMUEL BRIGKMAN'.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, I). G. 

